Ice House South West of the Grange
ICE HOUSE SOUTH WEST OF THE GRANGE, GRANGE HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393348
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Ice House South West of the Grange
- Statutory Address:
- ICE HOUSE SOUTH WEST OF THE GRANGE, GRANGE HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393348
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Ice House South West of the Grange
- Statutory Address 1:
- ICE HOUSE SOUTH WEST OF THE GRANGE, GRANGE HILL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ICE HOUSE SOUTH WEST OF THE GRANGE, GRANGE HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dudley (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 96989 82621
Reasons for Designation
The Icehouse, The Grange is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* The structure survives substantially intact alongside its original water source. * It has good group value with The Grange, listed at Grade II*.
Details
727/0/10005 GRANGE HILL 06-JUL-09 Ice House South West of The Grange
GV II The Icehouse at The Grange, Halesowen dates from the late C18/early C19 and is sited approximately 100 metres south west of the house. The icehouse is constructed of brick and, where revealed, this has a thickness of at least one foot. It is circular in plan and domed with a trapdoor opening slightly off centre. The walls of the chamber are tapered to form a slight egg shape overall. The north facing arched entrance tunnel to the chamber has been damaged and now has some modern brickwork to block the former opening and a metal cage covering. The icehouse is built in to a fairly steep incline, at the bottom of which is the surviving canal which appears to have been part of a decorative garden layout and which would have also supplied the estate with ice.
HISTORY Icehouses were introduced to England in the C17 and became common during the C18. There was considerable contemporary debate over the best type of icehouse in which to store ice, though the most common structures were built into the ground with north facing entrances, often surrounded by trees. Many were built with tapered walls which formed an egg shape, and this allowed the ice to pack harder as it gradually melted. It was normal for an icehouse to have a slightly domed base to allow for good drainage.
The icehouse at The Grange dates from the late C18/early C19 and is clearly labelled on an estate map of c.1830. Most icehouses fell out of use by the late C19/early C20 due to advances in refrigeration technologies and increased supplies of commercial ice. The Grange itself ceased to exist as a family home and became the Seth Somers Social Club in 1951.
SOURCES Tim Buxbaum, Icehouses, (Shire, 1998)
Reasons for Designation Decision: The Icehouse, The Grange is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * The structure survives substantially intact alongside its original water source. * It has good group value with The Grange, listed at Grade II*.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 506577
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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